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Life and Lillian Gish

Albert Bigelow Paine (1861 - 1937)

An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bigelow Paine chronicles Gish's early life, her close relationship with her sister Dorothy, her rise in film as an actor with Biograph Studios and muse of D. W. Griffith, her short time as a contract actor with MGM, and her return to the stage in the advent of the talkies. Peppered throughout with intimate and amusing anecdotes, this is a must-read for film historians, silent film enthusiasts, and admirers of one of cinema's legendary talents. (Tomas Peter)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Epigraph	Tomas Peter	00:02:41
Play 01	Prologue	Tomas Peter	00:01:30
Play 02	A Girl Child, Born with a Caul	Linda Olsen Fitak	00:04:09
Play 03	Life and a Little Girl	Eva Davis	00:07:54
Play 04	On Nat Goodwin's Shoulder	Eva Davis	00:08:29
Play 05	'Theatre People'	BettyB	00:08:18
Play 06	A Little Trouper	Jude Somers	00:22:11
Play 07	Adventures of Dorothy	Tomas Peter	00:06:15
Play 08	Mary Pickford in the Scene	Andrea Kotzer	00:07:40
Play 09	'Down the Line'	Andrea Kotzer	00:06:23
Play 10	'Her First False Step'	Kathleen Moore	00:19:35
Play 11	Dorothy's Tree	Kathleen Moore	00:06:37
Play 12	'Supporting Bernhardt'	Tomas Peter	00:05:41
Play 13	Massillon Days	John	00:08:58
Play 14	Where the 'Road' Ends. Nell	David Lawrence	00:05:48
Play 15	A Convent School. Typhoid	John	00:09:53
Play 16	Shawnee	Caroline Lilyard	00:13:37
Play 17	It Sounds Like Heaven	Caroline Lilyard	00:05:49
Play 18	'Mr. Biograph'	Andrea Kotzer	00:08:55
Play 19	Griffith's Group of Players	Tomas Peter	00:05:26
Play 20	Belasco Delivers a Verdict	John	00:10:11
Play 21	A Studio on Pico Street	Chuck Williamson	00:18:34
Play 22	The Path to Stardom	Chuck Williamson	00:14:06
Play 23	'Home Sweet Home'	John	00:09:17
Play 24	'The Birth of a Nation'	John	00:13:05
Play 25	'Intolerance'	Tomas Peter	00:08:01
Play 26	There Were No Love Affairs	John	00:11:11
Play 27	The Nightmare of War	David Lawrence	00:05:33
Play 28	Under Fire	Michael Fassio	00:05:53
Play 29	France	Michael Fassio	00:07:16
Play 30	'Hearts of the World'	Michael Fassio	00:04:16
Play 31	'Broken Blossoms'	Tomas Peter	00:11:07
Play 32	'I Work Such Long Hours'	Tomas Peter	00:05:10
Play 33	Director Lillian	John	00:15:06
Play 34	'Way Down East'	John	00:19:21
Play 35	Sad, Unprofitable Days	John	00:08:41
Play 36	Picturing the Reign of Terror	Caroline Lilyard	00:12:03
Play 37	Italy	Caroline Lilyard	00:18:57
Play 38	'The White Sister'	Caroline Lilyard	00:17:28
Play 39	'Romola'	Caroline Lilyard	00:22:14
Play 40	Also, the Intelligentsia	Tomas Peter	00:10:00
Play 41	'La Bohême'	Caroline Lilyard	00:25:38
Play 42	'The Scarlet Letter'	Caroline Lilyard	00:19:58
Play 43	'The First Lady of the Screen'	Tomas Peter	00:07:15
Play 44	'Wind'	John	00:10:21
Play 45	Good-bye California	John	00:07:54
Play 46	Reinhardt	John	00:15:30
Play 47	The Shadow Speaks	Tomas Peter	00:07:07
Play 48	On the Flying Carpet	John	00:05:31
Play 49	'One Romantic Night'	Caroline Lilyard	00:10:42
Play 50	'Uncle Vanya'	BettyB	00:08:40
Play 51	'Helena' in New York	John	00:11:21
Play 52	'The Penalty of Greatness'	John	00:15:31
Play 53	Working with Lillian	John	00:13:09
Play 54	'Uncle Vanya' Takes the Road	John	00:13:25
Play 55	Reliving the Years	John	00:08:59
Play 56	A Few Notes	Tomas Peter	00:06:24
Play 57	L'Envoi	Tomas Peter	00:01:51

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